Barrington Hills Village President Robert Abboud said he was so disgusted with conditions he found at Insurance Auto Auctions’ Wheeling site he shot photos and videos of what he saw, then filed a complaint with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. He called what he saw an “appalling lack of care for the environment.”
The IEPA launched an investigation and said this week there were no significant issues at the Wheeling site, according to Kurt Niebergall, who manages the IEPA’s office of community relations. Abboud insists pollution is occurring at the Wheeling location, regardless of the IEPA findings.
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